Intensive
Japan's Greatest Hits
Greatest hits, no padding, mostly trains.
- First visit
- Base cities: Tokyo · Kyoto · Osaka
- culture
- food
- urban
- history
Itinerary
Winter Lights and Hot Springs
- 8 nights
- Medium pace
- Interest-led
- Winter
WinterMedium pace
Japan does winter light better than anywhere: whole parks and gardens wired up after dark. A week and a bit of illuminations and crisp clear days, from Tokyo down through the Golden Route to Osaka.
Frosted gardens, evening illuminations, hot baths to thaw out after.
Trip facts
- Length8 nights
- PaceMedium
- Designed forInterest-led
- Best seasonWinter
- GatewaysIn via Tokyo, out via Osaka
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- Day 1Arrive
- Day 2Explore
- Day 3Explore
The world's largest city and Japan's beating heart - an overwhelming, endlessly layered metropolis where every kind of Japan coexists.
- Day 4Travel in
- Day 5Explore
A volcanic mountain resort within sight of Mt. Fuji, with excellent onsen, an open-air museum, and a famous ropeway.
- Day 6Travel in
Japan's ancient capital - 1,200 years of temples, gardens, geisha districts, and craft traditions in a city that still feels imperial.
- Day 7Travel in
- Day 8Depart
Japan's food capital and most exuberant city - a working-class energy that takes eating very seriously.
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